The morphology of the healing tendon: a comparison of the effects of intrasound therapy and therapeutic pulsed ultrasound.
RatCrushLimb / muscle crushSprague-Dawley albinoMalen = 45 male rats randomised into five groups, subdivided into s…Topical application over the injured Achilles tendonTreatment commenced 24 h post-injury and continued over the first 14 days
Model: Induced crush injury to the Achilles tendon
LITR and HITR twice daily significantly increased tenoblast proliferation in the proliferative phase and enhanced terminal differentiation to tenocytes in the remodelling phase compared with untreated and LIPUS-treated groups (p < 0.05), and increased the volume fraction of collagen fibres compared…
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